Nehemiah 5:14-16

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁴ And from the day, in which the king commanded me to be governor in the land of Juda, from the twentieth year even to the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, for twelve years, I and my brethren did not eat the yearly allowance that was due to the governors.

¹⁵ But the former governors that had been before me, were chargeable to the people, and took of them in bread, and wine, and in money every day forty sides: and their officers also oppressed the people. But I did not so for the fear of God.

¹⁶ Moreover I built in the work of the wall, and I bought no land, and all my servants were gathered together to the work.